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Beasts of Burden

Beasts of Burden

Revisiting a childhood classic, Beasts of Burden is a disturbing experience that will traumatize your child-self. Explore a Groundhog-Day scenario where all is not as it seems, and discover the horrifying truth lying just under the surface in this impactful psychological horror nostalgia trip.

Released Apr 6, 2022 Developer Studio Dread LLC, Ram99 Publisher Studio Dread LLC Platforms Windows RPG2DPsychological HorrorHorrorDark
View on Steam ↗ Free (US · as of 2026-09-28)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-28.

75.7%positive107 reviews
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“Pikachu is frickin' pissed and is gonna kill you... he got a knife, bro, just back off, it's not worth it. Damn.”

— a player, Steam review · 0 hrs played
Not recommended · 0 found this helpful

“WARNING! SPOLIERS KINDA! "Why did you do it?" 'cause mfs lvl capped me at F**KING ONE and didn't let me leave the tutorial town. "You hurt my wormy!" You lost fair an square the first time but kept coming back. Now you have pulp, enjoy. "You hurt me!" GOOD. Kept sendin' your…”

— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played
Not recommended · 1 found this helpful

“This is, unfortunately, just... not a very good game. I have to congratulate the developer for making a game in the first place, doing that is hard and even a game like this probably took them a lot of effort. But it's not a very enjoyable experience in almost every possible…”

— a player, Steam review · 0 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. History through 2022-04 via SteamCharts; self-collected from the Steam API since Aug 2026.

8all-time peak
0 1 2 1 avg · Apr 2022

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Dec 05, 2023
I've started doing daily development streams!

Hey all! I've been working hard on the Beasts of Burden remake, as well as a new title. I'm doing my best to implement everyone's feedback, and I realized you might like to see firsthand what kind of

Oct 15, 2023
We have a Discord! + road ahead discussion

Hey everyone! I'm done apologizing for the radio silence, you all know my excuses and I'm tired of making them. That said, I have not been idle when it comes to Beasts of Burden! Actual development wa

Mar 27, 2023
Major good news for the future of BoB!!!

Hello everyone! And thank you to everybody that's stuck around in the community your support means the world to me. I've got some exciting news! So for the past several months I've been struggling rea

Jan 23, 2023
Beasts of Burden Remake DevLog #1 - Fixing Unity2D Shadows, Improved White Room

Hello, this is my first DevLog for the remake of my first game Beasts of Burden, an indie horror game based on the false advertisement Evertale ads. In light of a recent surge of attention, I have dec

Oct 26, 2022
Full remake in the works but for now here's how to fix the most common bugs

I have been working very hard to make massive improvements to the game and expect DevLogs and early access builds for patrons very very soon but in the meantime I made this video illustrating how to r

Screenshots

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Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-28.

GenresIndie, RPG, Free To Play
Player tagsRPG · 2D · Psychological Horror · Horror · Dark · Puzzle · Pixel Graphics · Abstract · Mystery · Cartoony · Colorful · Minimalist (Steam store community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish * *
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 Processor: 1.1Ghz Memory: 2 GB RAM Storage: 1 GB available space